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Solving the Three Aesthetic Problems

The Sword and the Shaving Brush Towards a Biblical understanding of fashion by Timothy Bartel Part V - Solving the Three Problems While it may be possible to tackle these three

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Fasting for Self-Control

When you're full of food and drink, Satan sits where your spirit should, an ugly metal statue in place of the Kaaba. When you fast, good habits gather

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A Brief History of Clothing

The Sword and the Shaving Brush Towards a Biblical understanding of fashion By Timothy Bartel Part II - A Brief History of Clothing The wool dress I saw at Biola began

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The Sword and the Shaving Brush - Towards a Biblical Understanding of Fashion

The Sword and the Shaving Brush, Part I Towards a Christian understanding of fashion By Timothy Bartel Part I It was a dress made out of wool—not finely spun

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Gary Thomas on "Sacred Marriage"

After reviewing "Sacred Marriage," an insightful book suggesting that Christians would do well to view their marriages as a means to holiness, I was pleasantly surprised to receive

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The Energy of God -- Aristotle, East and West

See David Bradshaw's provocative, pleasing, and thoroughly insightful essay on the contrasting reception of Aristotle's concept of "the energy of God." "The term

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Looking Back To See The Future

There are two ways to see the future. One is to receive a vision of all time and all reality. The other is to study the past for patterns that

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VI. Towards Gratitude

Roots of Self-Responsibility and Optimism "All is well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well." Julian of Norwich I have suggested

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V. Dependence is the Only Psychological Fact

Joy is the Only Psychological Fact "All day I think about it, then at night I say it: Where did I come from, and what am I supposed to

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IV. Entitlement is the Only Sin

Entitlement is the only sin. "Value the least gifts no less than the greatest, and simple graces as especial favours. If you remember the dignity of the Giver, no

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II. Appropriate Emotions

Appropriate Emotions The first and foremost fact we must acquaint ourselves with is that certain emotions are appropriate given a stimulus and certain others are not. See CS Lewis for

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Giving Thanks for the Mundane

Tomorrow, we will give thanks for the many blessings in our lives by indulging ourselves with food, family and football. And in doing so, we will probably neglect some of